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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2021
Applicant:

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);

Inventors:

Dan Stoianovici, Reisterstown, MD (US);

Doru Petrisor, Lutherville, MD (US);

Changhan Jun, College Park, MD (US);

Sunghwan Lim, Baltimore, MD (US);

Assignee:

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/025 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); B25J 9/003 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 2090/506 (2016.02);
Abstract

An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a remote center of motion robot. The RCM here is a parallelogram bar type RCM mechanism with a novel joint arrangement. The novel joint arrangement facilitates the mounting of the medical instrument and offers improved clearance relative to the patient. Moreover, the robot was built to guide a bone biopsy cannula, needle, or drill. Even though exact interventional values are unknown, it is expected that the forces exerted laterally on the needle-guide are higher than those encountered for slender needle insertion into soft tissue. For this, the RCM has been built with novel structure to enhance stiffness.


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